LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Saturday
THE past year was certainly a more encouraging one than its predecessor for Life-boat Saturday workers. It goes without saying that the majority of the demonstrations and outdoor entertainments, such as processions, galas, garden parties and...
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Students rowers swamped
Crosshaven lifeboat, the B class Miss Betty, was out on exercise on 6 December when it happened upon an overcrowded dinghy at Lough Mahon.
It was the UCC Rowing Club safety boat, struggling in rough conditions with a...
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Silver Cloud
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. — At eleven o'clock on the morning of the llth of August, 1957, the coastguard inspector at Rattray asked if the life- boat would launch to stand by the yacht Silver Cloud, of London, which had a crew of...
Torbay Belle
LIFE-BOAT SEARCHES FOR CRABBER IN GALE Torbay, Devon. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 14th August, 1962, the owner of the crab boat Torbay Belle, of Paignton, reported that he felt anxious for the safety of his boat and her crew of three...
A Speed Boat (2)
Ilfracombe, North Devon. At 12.30 p.m. on 20th August, 1965, a speed boat was observed broken down with three men on board off Morte Point. Distress flares had been fired and at 12.52 the life-boat Robert and Phemia Brown was launched in a...
Swift
Port Erin, Isle of Man.—At 6.42 on the evening of the 23rd of July, 1955, the harbourmaster telephoned that the Cregneish wireless station had received a message from Chicken Rock light- house that a boat was in distress near the lighthouse....
Robert Lindrick
Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 5.38 on the morning of the 5th of February, 1957, the Southend coastguard tele- phoned that the steam trawler Robert Lindrick, of Aberdeen, was ashore on the Isle of Mull. The life-boat Sir Arthur Rose put out at...
Joy
Margate, Kent. At 10.15 on the morning of the 28th of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a message had been received from the Tongue lightvessel that a yacht was in difficulties one mile east of the lightvessel...
Alethea
Holyhead, Anglesey. At 6.32 on the morning of the 25th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen two miles north-east of Holyhead. At 6.46 the life-boat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) put...
James Barrie
Wick, Caithness - At 8.52 p.m. on 27th March, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a trawler had grounded hard and fast on the Louther Skerries. At 9.10 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched. The tide was ebbing. The...